Practical, plain-English articles on using AI at work. No coding. No jargon. Just what works.
Anthropic folded Cowork into Claude and launched Claude Docs. Here's how to draft a report section by section instead of copy-pasting chat replies into Word.
Claude Slides launched alongside Claude Docs on 16 September. Here's how to build a first-draft deck and edit it without starting over each time.
New 2026 research shows 40% of desk workers received AI-generated "workslop" in the past month, costing close to two hours each to fix. Here's the three-question check before you send anything AI drafted.
AI meeting notetakers are facing lawsuits over recording without real consent. The exact sentence to say before your next meeting.
Six ChatGPT plans is a lot to weigh up. A plain framework for choosing between Free, Plus and Business as a solo user or a small team.
Research shows AI productivity peaks at around three tools and drops with each one added. A simple method for cutting back to three that earn their place.
Sheets Canvas turns a plain spreadsheet into a live dashboard, tracker, or roster view — just by describing what you want. Here's how to set one up.
Copilot's August update lets you generate a full presentation — including real charts from your data — in a single request. The prompt structure that works.
Microsoft Teams now creates AI meeting archives automatically. What gets kept, where it lives, who can read it, and the three settings worth checking.
Fill with Gemini fills a column by reading your table — no formulas. How to categorise and tidy a list in Sheets, and how to check it before you trust it.
ChatGPT tripled its custom instructions limit on 15 July. Here's a fill-in-the-blanks profile that stops you re-explaining your role and style in every chat.
Copilot in Outlook can now edit just the section you highlight — tone, length, or structure — without touching the rest. A small change that fixes a real annoyance.
Claude's Microsoft 365 connection can now write, not just read. How to use email, calendar, and file access safely by starting read-only.
The new AI agents can work for hours across your files. Plan mode and approval steps keep them on course — here's how to use both so nothing happens without you.
The prompting habit almost nobody uses: make the AI ask you questions before it answers. It fixes the most common cause of generic output — with the prompt to do it.
A long report and twenty minutes before the meeting. How to get a reliable one-page brief from AI — and check it didn't quietly skip the important bit.
ChatGPT's relaunched Scheduled Tasks runs a saved prompt on a clock. Here are the three worth setting up — and the limits to know first.
Where Copilot Chat answers, Cowork does the work — multi-step tasks across your Microsoft 365 apps. What's worth handing off, the licence you need, and how to test it safely.
Gemini in Google Sheets now shows a Fix button when a formula errors. It explains the problem in plain English and corrects it inline — and helps you learn why.
AI states wrong things in the same calm voice as right things. A two-minute, three-pass check that catches the mistakes before they reach anyone.
If you already pay for ChatGPT, you may not need a separate meeting-notes tool. The setup, the limits, and the consent step you must not skip.
The newest AI assistants click, type, and fill forms for you. What that's good for at work, how the two main options differ, and what not to hand over.
Copilot in Outlook can now pull whole threads into your prompt. The four-step routine for digging out of an overflowing inbox — verified, not just summarised.
One long prompt rarely produces a good long document. Breaking the task into a sequence of smaller prompts — prompt chaining — gets you better output with less editing.
5 min read →By default, your conversations may be used to train AI models. Here's exactly where to find the opt-out setting in each tool and what it does — and doesn't — protect.
Stop second-guessing which AI to open. This honest breakdown matches each tool to the tasks it handles best — based on your existing software suite.
Copilot Notebooks can turn rough meeting notes into a PowerPoint draft. Here's how to set it up and what to check before you use the slides.
AI quality drops as a conversation grows. Here's why it happens, the signs to watch for, and a simple template for restarting without losing your progress.
A five-point review process and a reusable prompt that flags invented facts, filler paragraphs, and risky assumptions — before they leave your outbox.
ChatGPT is now available as a native add-in for both apps. Here's how to install it and the five tasks it handles best.
Gemini can now reference your Drive files when drafting in Docs. Here's how to use it for status reports, proposals, and process documents.
Anthropic's Claude is now available as a Microsoft 365 add-in. Here's what it does in each app and how to install it.
ChatGPT's memory feature lets it remember your role, preferences, and context across every conversation. Here's how to set it up and what to tell it so you stop re-explaining yourself.
Copilot's Agent Mode in Word went generally available on April 22. Here's a step-by-step walkthrough for using it to generate a full first draft — including the brief template that actually works.
Two methods: Copilot in PowerPoint (Agent Mode, GA April 22) and the ChatGPT outline-then-transfer approach. Which one to use and how to run each one from start to finish.
Vague prompts give vague answers. Here's a 5-part template you can paste for any email, report, or summary task, plus three worked examples.
OpenAI launched shared team agents in ChatGPT on April 22. Here's what they actually are, who can use them, and what a desk worker would do with one — free until May 6.
Wave 3 added automatic meeting scheduling from email threads, thread summaries in one click, and smarter email drafting. Here's how to use each one.
AI speeds up research dramatically. But what's actually safe to share? Here's the practical answer — including the anonymisation technique that removes the risk.
Every new Claude chat loses all context. Projects fix this by giving you a permanent workspace where instructions, files, and preferences stay put.
Most people start using AI with enthusiasm then quietly fall back to old habits. This fast self-audit checks whether AI is genuinely working for you.
The average professional writes 40+ emails a day. This 3-part prompt formula cuts that time in half using any AI chatbot.
The biggest blocker for using AI at work isn't skill — it's uncertainty about what you're allowed to share. Here's the clear answer.
Stop spending 20 minutes writing up meeting notes. This workflow turns messy bullet points into structured summaries in under 2 minutes.
The difference between people who save hours with AI and those who don't comes down to one thing — and it's not which tool you use.